The lost Day....AKA did I FINALLY get to Cabelas??
OK, yesterday evening, we got to bed LATE, so I didn't update. I will do so now, before we go on our date night....
Yesterday was a lazy day. The kids woke up right on time, at 4:45 AM. HHBG set them up with Ipod shows and came back to bed. by 6:30 he was up and helping them with their Nintendo DSs. I got my lazy Donkey out of bed around 8, took a shower, got dressed, and came out for some food....mmmm....banana and coke.
The kids and HHBG were still in Pajamas, and wanted a "pajama" morning. I was fine with this. SO they played with their new toys all morning while HHBG played WoW and I watched Bones on my Ipod.
Around 11ish, they started fighting, so HHBG and I decided that we needed to go somewhere. I mentioned that we hadn't been to Cabelas yet, and he wouldn't let me get my &*%$& tent without checking it out first. (There are no Cabelas or Bass Pro Shops near us)
SO, we made a little road trip to Cabelas. All I can say aboiut this trip is that there is NO WAY I can do Cabelas justice. AND I don't need to. Check out UtahMama's TR. (maybe I'l toss a link in). She does a whole Mini TR of her family's trip to Cabelas that had me mearly peeing in my pants from laughter. This was exactly the same, except it wasn't Christmas.
At Cabelas we checked out the dead, stuffed animals, browsed through the hunting supplies, and finally made it to the camping section. it was AWESOME! Holy Cow! I checked otu the tent I want (and now have to go home and order....
), saw the shelter I am after, and ended up chasingthe kids in and out of tents and temporary potty shelters. It was fun.
While we were there, we checked out the luggage, since we have decided that ours in inadequate. Yeah....the self-control couple goes looking for luggage. We left with some nice suitcases which I will post pics of after we get home. Now we just have to figure out how to get all of them home....Probably, we'll put the kids bags inside one of the new suitcases, and pack all of the extra stuff in the other new one.
After we left Cabelas, we decided it was about time to eat. We had two choices within walking distance.....
The Cracker Barrell
or
Native New Yorker
Originally, I was leaning towards the cracker Barrell. Yeah, it's not my favorite food, but it's like the Waffle House...when you're there and it's convenient, you've just gotta go. Also, it would certainly complete a trip to Cabelas. However, there is a little country store at Cracker Barrell, and my kids had the serious gimmes. I decided I was not up for more "Can I have....?" "NO", and so we went to "Native New Yorker".
Insert Irony: I AM a Native New Yorker. Why was I going there???
We had no idea what this restaurant served, but as long as it wasn't a pizza joint, we were fine with it.
Well, we go in, get seated, and find out it's a WINGS joint! YAY! Me likee Wings.
Of course, they called the heroes "hoagies"
And the waitress had the worst fake NYC accent I have ever heard....
And B decided she wanted in on the 3 hour fever game.....
But hey, they had authentic NYC prices....
In all, it was a pretty lousy, overpriced lunch. But hey, I got to say on my TR that I ate at a joint called "Native New Yorker"....a BUFFALO WINGS joint that claimed to be straight out of New York City. OOOOOKKKKAAAAYYY.
After lunch, we decided to go back to the room and continue to be lazy. On the way, my folks called and asked what we were doing for dinner, and could they join us? Well, we were planning on cold cereal in the room, but we said if they wanted to make the 45 minute drive up to our resort, we would cook. They said "Great!"
On the way back to the room, HHBG got a craving, so we stopped at Dairy Queen and got chocolate dipped cones. YUMMMY! Of ocurse, now I have to do some serious laundry as both of my kids ended up wearing as much of their ice cream as they managed to eat. Oops.
We got back to the room and all piled into the private hot tub. B and I were in there until my folks called and said they were about 20 minutes away. Oh well, time to get dressed again. Before I got dressed, I let the kids each have one of the eggs that HHBG had hard boiled that morning. Then I left the plate on the table and went to get dressed...
When I came out of the bathroom, S had taken EVERY egg, cracked it open, and pulled the white while still attached to the shell away from the yolk of EVERY EGG. He then smashed up most of the yolks. I freaked and gave myself a time out. When I had calmed down, HHBG and I informed him tha the was now oging ot eat eggs and only eggs until he ate all 10 eggs he had destroyed. cue tantrum and hysterical crying.
My folks showed up, and HHBG went to buy burgers and beer. S tried to get some sympathy, but my folks are MEAN. (not really). They told him they agreed with mommy and daddy, and S disappeared to pout. HHBG got back with the burgers and went over to cook them with both of my folks and B in tow. S stayed in and pouted and I sat with him.
Soon, the burgers were cooked and we all sat around to eat and listen to my father lecture and rant about politics for FOUR HOURS. During this time, we put the kids to bed, ate dessert (Edwards key lime pie! Yum!), and tried to change the subject, oh, about 3 thousand times.
At about 10 pm, lightning struck, and a storm rolled in. It started to rain, and my folks decided to leave. HBG and I cleand up and went to bed in anticipation of another 5am wake up.
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We have a season membership to the Bronx Zoo. S loves animals, so if hter is a zoo where we're going, we go there.
How did YOU explain it??
and read all 40 pages of your PTR while cuddled under my favorite blanket on the couch. I did drag myself out of my cozy little cocoon long enough to run a load of laundry. Just so I could feel like I accomplished something!
Hi! I'll have to keep alook out for that coke bottle! I'll add it to my list!
I haven't even been to Scott's in a few days. I am also behind on Buzz and Linnie's TRs, my Disboutique board, TFW, etc etc etc. I DID read Jordan's last few posts, but that's it. 
